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Homophones Pronunciation Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 11: Homophones by sound · Set 553 · 40 questions
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How to say it (Same sound, different spelling): Say the word aloud — if two spellings sound the same, they are homophones. A silent letter often hides a homophone: knight = night, whole = hole, knew = new. Choose the spelling from the meaning.

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  1. 1.Listen: which word sounds the same as “son”? (a) hear (b) heal (c) sun
  2. 2.Listen: which word sounds the same as “pair”? (a) deer (b) hole (c) pear
  3. 3.Listen: which word sounds the same as “steal”? (a) there (b) pear (c) steel
  4. 4.Which word sounds exactly like “here”? (a) know (b) plane (c) hear
  5. 5.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waist”? (a) grown (b) hole (c) waste
  6. 6.Listen: which word sounds the same as “there”? (a) maid (b) sale (c) their
  7. 7.Which word sounds exactly like “write”? (a) waist (b) knew (c) right
  8. 8.Which word sounds exactly like “dear”? (a) ate (b) waist (c) deer
  9. 9.Listen: which word sounds the same as “by”? (a) passed (b) here (c) buy
  10. 10.Which word sounds exactly like “rose”? (a) rows (b) eight (c) heal
  11. 11.Listen: which word sounds the same as “waste”? (a) no (b) flu (c) waist
  12. 12.Which word sounds exactly like “past”? (a) there (b) passed (c) sale
  13. 13.Which word sounds exactly like “piece”? (a) peace (b) steel (c) rode
  14. 14.Which word sounds exactly like “toe”? (a) one (b) cell (c) tow
  15. 15.Listen: which word sounds the same as “new”? (a) knew (b) meat (c) eight
  16. 16.Listen: which word sounds the same as “see”? (a) sell (b) sea (c) not
  17. 17.Listen: which word sounds the same as “flu”? (a) flew (b) blew (c) hear
  18. 18.Which word sounds exactly like “their”? (a) plain (b) there (c) sail
  19. 19.Listen: which word sounds the same as “peace”? (a) wait (b) piece (c) pair
  20. 20.Listen: which word sounds the same as “made”? (a) maid (b) week (c) knot
  21. 21.Listen: which word sounds the same as “mist”? (a) allowed (b) pair (c) missed
  22. 22.Which word sounds exactly like “cell”? (a) flower (b) weight (c) sell
  23. 23.Listen: which word sounds the same as “groan”? (a) dear (b) piece (c) grown
  24. 24.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tale”? (a) tail (b) brake (c) missed
  25. 25.Listen: which word sounds the same as “male”? (a) mail (b) ate (c) write
  26. 26.Which word sounds exactly like “pair”? (a) pear (b) brake (c) cell
  27. 27.Listen: which word sounds the same as “tail”? (a) tale (b) brake (c) not
  28. 28.Listen: which word sounds the same as “maid”? (a) heal (b) steal (c) made
  29. 29.Which word sounds exactly like “bury”? (a) berry (b) new (c) wait
  30. 30.Which word sounds exactly like “made”? (a) flour (b) steal (c) maid
  31. 31.Listen: which word sounds the same as “toe”? (a) hear (b) tow (c) knight
  32. 32.Which word sounds exactly like “grown”? (a) groan (b) new (c) rose
  33. 33.Listen: which word sounds the same as “eight”? (a) knight (b) ate (c) aloud
  34. 34.Which word sounds exactly like “sell”? (a) grown (b) cell (c) wait
  35. 35.Which word sounds exactly like “hole”? (a) made (b) whole (c) knot
  36. 36.Which word sounds exactly like “plane”? (a) knew (b) plain (c) break
  37. 37.Which word sounds exactly like “knew”? (a) bear (b) sea (c) new
  38. 38.Listen: which word sounds the same as “sell”? (a) night (b) plane (c) cell
  39. 39.Which word sounds exactly like “won”? (a) sell (b) one (c) sea
  40. 40.Listen: which word sounds the same as “piece”? (a) peace (b) waist (c) blew

Answer key

  1. sun
  2. pear
  3. steel
  4. hear
  5. waste
  6. their
  7. right
  8. deer
  9. buy
  10. rows
  11. waist
  12. passed
  13. peace
  14. tow
  15. knew
  16. sea
  17. flew
  18. there
  19. piece
  20. maid
  21. missed
  22. sell
  23. grown
  24. tail
  25. mail
  26. pear
  27. tale
  28. made
  29. berry
  30. maid
  31. tow
  32. groan
  33. ate
  34. cell
  35. whole
  36. plain
  37. new
  38. cell
  39. one
  40. peace

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